Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. The vaccines just keep on coming This week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s new mRNA-based RSV vaccine for use on …
I also know that one must do what one can do. No matter how little it is, it is nonetheless a human testimony and human testimonies, as long as they are not based on greed or personal ambition for power, can have unexpected positive effects.…I believe in local action and in small dimensions. It is […]
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A video about Prince William’s recent conservation trip to Africa has been criticised for only including non-Africans’ perspectives on conservation and promoting a “white saviour” stereotype.
Prince William, second in line to the throne, is being sent to the Holy Land by the UK Government “to promote diplomatic and cultural ties”. In effect he’ll be helping to normalise 70 years of Israeli occupation and sanitise the unimaginable cruelty that has gone with it. His trip cuts across the Boycott Divestment & Sanctions movement’s efforts to bring pressure for justice.
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Kensington Palace has announced in a tweet that “the Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel, Jordan and the Occupied Palestinian territories in the summer.”
(MEE) — Prince William will visit Israel and the occupied territories this summer, in the first state visit by a British royal to the region since 1948. The visit by the Duke of Cambridge will be the first time a member of the British royal family has made a visit to the occupied territories, and […]
Smell the roses, break out in rashes and deny a kidney transplant + this day in history w/the discovery of X-rays and our song of the day by Cars & Trains on your Morning Monarchy for November 8, 2017.
Master Prince, streaming lawsuits and admiring art + this day in history w/Earth Day and our song of the day by The Range on your Morning Monarchy for April 22, 2016.
